Authorities released video of a Nashville police officer shooting Daniel Hambrick in North Nashville.
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Nashville Mayor David Briley speaks at a news conference on the officer-involved shooting of Daniel Hambrick on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, in the Metropolitan Courthouse in Nashville. State Rep. Harold Love Jr. is in the background.(Photo: Shelley Mays / The Tennessean)Buy Photo

Tennessee Rep. Harold Love Jr., who stood behind Mayor David Briley at a Wednesday news conference, said he's disappointed with the mayor's response to the release of new video of a police officer shooting and killing a 25-year-old black man.

He also said the leadership of the Metro Nashville Police Department, led by Chief Steve Anderson, needs to be "re-evaluated, and much-needed changes have to be made."

Love, D-Nashville, was one of two African-American leaders — the other the Rev. Breonus Mitchell — strategically positioned behind Briley as the mayor discussed his call for a "comprehensive review" of the police department.

But in a statement Thursday, Love said he stood with Briley "in hopes that" the mayor would support a proposed community oversight board of police that social justice advocates are pushing to be placed on the November ballot via referendum.

He said he also wanted to see Briley commit to a new policy for "better policing of communities of color."

"Unfortunately that did not happen," he said, calling on Briley to give his "full support" of the community oversight board. "It is time for the mayor's office to take a top-down approach within MNPD to acknowledging, addressing and acting on brutality, discrimination and unlawful deaths.

"It is getting harder and harder for those disparately impacted by law enforcement to pledge allegiance to a flag when there is no 'liberty and justice for all.' The shooting of Daniel Hambrick once again opens the decadeslong wound of the appearance of government-sanctioned murder."

Surveillance video, obtained by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation from a nearby school and released by the Davidson County District Attorney's Office, shows Hambrick, who is black, sprinting away from Officer Andrew Delke, also 25 and white, the evening of July 26.

It doesn't appear that Hambrick was facing Delke when the officer opened fire. Hambrick, who appears to be about 40 feet away from Delke, falls to the ground after he was shot.

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Police chief has no plans to step down

Love, who finished a distant fourth place behind Briley in Nashville's May special mayoral election, represents the North Nashville area where the Hambrick shooting occurred.

Anderson, who was promoted to Nashville police chief in 2011, has said he has no plans to retire.

In an interview with The Tennessean, he called the video of the shooting "very disturbing" and has ordered a review of rules surrounding foot chases.

With Love standing behind him, Briley said he has "questions" about a civilian oversight board referendum proposal spearheaded by the group Community Oversight Now, which consists of social justice advocates.

"I support having community oversight over our police department," Briley said. "That particular proposal, I have questions about."

He did not elaborate what his questions are.

Community Oversight Now collected more than 8,200 signatures — more than double the 3,900 required — to place the proposed charter amendment on the ballot in the Nov. 6 general election, based on turnout from the August 2016 local general election.

The Davidson County Election Commission and Metro attorneys must still verify the petitions for the proposal to make it to the ballot.

'We are better than this'

Calling the shooting a "tragic event," Briley on Wednesday urged members of the community to "be patient, that we reserve acting, that we conduct ourselves as Nashville always does in a peaceful and orderly way" as the investigation continues to unfold.

Briley declined to discuss his thoughts on the video, only saying it was released to be "transparent with the community about the circumstances."

But Love said the "community will no longer accept multiple accounts of the story being released, people of color being pulled over disproportionately, and being killed for a simple traffic violation."

He went on to say Nashville should become "a leader in closing the gap and building trust between law enforcement and the public" and that police leadership should openly encourage the creation of a community oversight board.

Briley said the city will take a "hard look" at the department's policies around de-escalating conflicts and use of force. He said the city also will review the data system that tracks crime and directs police efforts to ensure it "reflects our values, the values of this community and of our police department."

Briley also pointed to Nashville's work with the Policing Project, a nonprofit that works out of the New York University School of Law. The organization's aim is to build trust in communities around policing.

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Vickie Hambrick, mother of Daniel Hambrick, wipes away tears during a press conference addressing the video released of the death of Daniel Hambrick, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, at the NAACP Nashville Branch in Nashville, Tenn.
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Nashville Mayor David Briley speaks at a news conference on the officer-involved shooting of Daniel Hambrick on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, in the Metropolitan Courthouse in Nashville. State Rep. Harold Love Jr. is in the background.
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Antonio Hambrick sits next to a memorial near the spot where his brother Daniel Hambrick was killed on Jo Johnston Ave. in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018. "I needed to calm down and clear my mind. This seemed like the place to go" said Hambrick. Daniel Hambrick was fatally shot by a Metro police officer on July 26.
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James Smallwood, President of the Fraternal Order of Police addresses the media at a press conference defending Officer Andrew Delke in the shooting of Daniel Hambrick in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018.
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James Smallwood, President of the Fraternal Order of Police stands with Attorney John M.L. Brown during a press conference defending Officer Andrew Delke in the shooting of Daniel Hambrick in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018.
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Mayor David Briley speaks at a press conference on the officer-involved shooting of Daniel Hambrick Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018 at the Mayor's Media Room in the Metropolitan Courthouse in Nashville, Tenn. State Rep. Harold Love and Pastor Breonus Mitchell Sr. are in the background.
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Mayor David Briley speaks at a press conference concerning the officer-involved shooting of Daniel Hambrick Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018 at the MayorÕs Media Room in the Metropolitan Courthouse in Nashville, Tenn. State Rep. Harold Love is at left.
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Vickie Hambrick, left of center, mother of Daniel Hambrick, and Joy Kimbrough, right of center, Hambrick family attorney, speak during a press conference addressing the video released of the death of Daniel Hambrick, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, at the NAACP Nashville Branch in Nashville, Tenn.
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Joy Kimbrough, Hambrick family attorney, speaks during a press conference addressing the video released of the death of Daniel Hambrick, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, at the NAACP Nashville Branch in Nashville, Tenn.
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Vickie Hambrick, mother of Daniel Hambrick, is comforted by her brother Sam Hambrick Jr. after a press conference addressing the video released of the death of Daniel Hambrick, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, at the NAACP Nashville Branch in Nashville, Tenn.
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Vickie Hambrick, center, mother of Daniel Hambrick, exits after a press conference addressing the video released of the death of Daniel Hambrick, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, at the NAACP Nashville Branch in Nashville, Tenn.
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Mayor David Briley speaks at a press conference on the officer-involved shooting of Daniel Hambrick Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018 at the MayorÕs Media Room in the Metropolitan Courthouse in Nashville, Tenn. State Rep. Harold Love is in the background.
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Antonio Hambrick sits next to a memorial near the spot where his brother Daniel Hambrick was killed on Jo Johnston Ave. in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018. "I needed to calm down and clear my mind. This seemed like the place to go" said Hambrick. Daniel Hambrick was fatally shot by a Metro police officer on July 26.
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Mary Murphy, left, and Sarah Glover place flowers at the scene where Daniel Hambrick was shot by a police officer at the corner of 17th Ave North and Jo Johnston in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018. "We wanted to honor Daniel," Murphy said. "Human life is special we can't just take it away, we have no right to take it away, " Glover said.
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The Rev. Davie Tucker, left, speaks with Sekou Franklin of Community Outreach Now at an Interdenominational Ministers Fellowship press gathering on the police shooting of Daniel Hambrick on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, at Jefferson Street Missionary Baptist Church in Nashville, Tenn.
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Mayor David Briley speaks at a press conference on the officer-involved shooting of Daniel Hambrick Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018 at the MayorÕs Media Room in the Metropolitan Courthouse in Nashville, Tenn.
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